Global Citizenship
Here at Peninsula East Primary Academy, we have a deep understanding of the world around us, as well as our local communities. We celebrate the different cultures and backgrounds of the children and families within our school community and encourage them to share these across the Leigh Academies Trust.
Celebrations from Around the World
Throughout the year we participate and learn about different festivals and celebrations from a range of different countries to help our children immerse themselves within other cultures.
As our inquiries are child-led this allows pupil agency, which often intertwines with current events, personal holidays and/or family heritage, within the global community.
Themed Events
To support our formal curriculum and the delivery of the national curriculum through the PYP framework, we also enjoy themed events to promote areas that maybe not covered fully in your child’s formal education.
Our themes to enjoy this year are:
Black History Month – creating an awareness of how Caribbean and African communities have impacted our past and future generations. Promoting cultural diversity and celebration of black culture
Anti Bullying Week – Promoting positive attitudes and kindness to others. Ensuring children know there is no place for bullying
Road Safety – Ensuring your child has the awareness and skills to keep safe on increasingly busy roads
Celebrating cultural celebrations – Christian celebrations such as Easter and Christmas, Diwali – Festival of Light, Chinese New Year and other key cultural celebrations will be covered to promote tolerance and cultural diversity.
Whilst not an exhaustive list of our themes, it gives an insight to how we seek to develop our children cultural capital and their awareness of others around them.
International Mindedness
International-mindedness is central to the IB mission and is a foundational principle to its educational philosophy; it is at the heart of the continuum of international education.
International-mindedness is a view of the world in which people see themselves connected to the global community and assume a sense of responsibility towards its members. It is an awareness of the interrelatedness of all nations and peoples, and is a recognition of the complexity of these. Internationally minded people appreciate and value the diversity of peoples, cultures and societies in the world. They make efforts to learn more about others and to develop empathy and solidarity towards them to achieve mutual understanding and respect (Oxfam 2105; UNESCO 2015).
Primary Years Programme (PYP) learners and their learning communities have a range of perspectives, values and traditions. The concept of international-mindedness builds on these diverse perspectives to generate a sense of common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet.
Source: From Principles Into Practice – ibo.org – PYP Resources (need password).
International Mindedness is being aware and having an understanding of everyone’s cultures and views whilst connecting with all members of the global community.
Communicating - Spanish
A large part of being Internationally Minded is being able to communicate with people around the world. We currently learn Spanish as our modern foreign language. This was changed in September 2023, following a pupil survey where an overwhelming majority of children voted to learn this language due to visiting Spanish-speaking countries on holiday. The children love being able to communicate in another language and enjoy our regular Spanish lessons with Miss Brading and Mrs Champ.
We also celebrate European Day of Languages. Below, you'll find some photos of the activities the children got up to.
